This species is native to Mozambique where it grows on exposed, granitic slopes. It forms shrubs to 2 m with ascending branches emerging from a stout trunk to 12 cm diameter that is almost caudiciform. However, as with similar species, rooted cuttings of lateral branches may not thicken to form a trunk in the same way as seed-grown plants. The branches are bright green with contiguous, whitish thorn shields on the ribs. We offer rooted cuts of HBG 106787, four plants originally grown from seed by Euphorbia enthusiast Seymour Linden, perhaps from seed collected by Dave Richards, the Zimbabwean collector who was a source of many interesting euphorbias Seymour introduced into cultivation. Both are long passed but live on in our collections. The four clones we’ve propagated show some variation in the character of the leaves that line the ribs of the new growth. Clones 1 and 2 have elliptical, acute leaves over an inch long. Clone 3 has shorter leaves curved downward, like long fingernails, while Clone 4 has straight leaves like Clones 1 and 2 but about half as long. $10.
Published in the Cactus and Succulent Journal, Vol. 97 (2), Summer 2025